Gitzo Systematic Series 4 Carbon Fiber Tripod

Series 4 is the Systematic size for a 400 mm or 500 mm lens that has to stand up outdoors all day. Tubes step 25.3 to 37 mm, the rated safety payload is 28 kg, and the 4-section GT4543LSUS reaches 158 cm while folding to 61 cm at 2.39 kg.

Like every Systematic, there is no centre column. The 70 mm upper disc takes a flat plate, a geared or rapid column, a levelling base or a video bowl adapter, so the same legs serve a gimbal head one day and a fluid head the next. G-lock Ultra collars and three-position angle selectors handle uneven ground; minimum height is 10 cm. The 5-section GT4553SUS packs shortest of the three.